Improvement in fence-posts



No. 33,310. PATENTED SEPT. 17, 1861. W. S. MAYO.

FENCE POST.

UNITED STATES .PATENT '.OFFICE.'

` WILLIAM MAYO, on NEW YoI't'K, N-. Y.

IM PRovEMEN-r IN FENcE-jposiT's.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,3 [0, datedfSeptember 17, 1861.

To aZZ whom t 71mg concer-11,: I I Beit known that I, WILLIAM S. MAYO, of the city and county of New York, .State of New York, have invented a new and Improved' f KFence-Post for Ornamental Grounds or for Common Farms, and Vto be used with wire or with iron or wooden bars, of which the follow# ing is a specification:

My improvement consists of a fence-post v made of clay and burned in a kiln to the hardness, strengtl1,and durability of 'common kiln into one whole and complete fence-post.

The posts are to be molded with recesses in their sides to receive the fence-rails.

In .many parts of the country where timber and stone are scarce myimprovement will be found to,be of greatutility, as good posts may be made and sold at a. cost not exceeding twelve centsywhereas thecost of ordinary wooden fence-posts is from twenty-five 4to thirty-live cents eac-11.

I am aware that blocks and pot-s made of burnt clay to receive the lower ends of Wooden posts have before been made. TheseIdisclaim. I am also aware that postsmade of 'a cement containing lime, sand, &c., have been castor built upin molds. These I also disclaim; but,

` Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desreto secure by Letters Patentv 'as an improved article of manufacture- A fence-post made of clay in an entire piece and afterward hardened by burning, as hereinbet'ore explained.

" wM.-s -.MA'Yo.

Witnesses;

JAMES RoDGERs, JOHN WILLIAMS. 

